Would Slumdog be hot with an Indian director?
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has said British filmmaker Danny Boyle's hard-hitting "Slumdog Millionaire" tale of life in a Mumbai slum is being lauded because it has a Westerner at the helm.
"Slumdog", the rags-to-riches story of a boy who competes on a television gameshow, swept the Golden Globe awards last week, landing four honours including best drama and earned 11 nominations atBachchan, arguably
"It's just that the SM (Slumdog Millionaire) idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Globe recognition," Bachchan, 66, wrote in a blog posted on Tuesday.
"The other would perhaps not."
"Slumdog" picked up 11 nominations at
But Bachchan is not impressed.
"If SM projects India as Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations," the actor wrote in his blog.
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